<p>In response to the discussions above, I just want to comment that it isn’t necessarily accurate to say, “the average student at so and so school can get in to Harvard/Yale/Stanford, etc with X gpa and Y LSAT score” based on the means of accepted applicants from a given year. This might be closer to correct if the school provided the median of accepted applicants instead of the mean (though still a little problematic), but the means are very much subject to outliers (especially with relatively small numbers of admitted students). </p>
<p>For example, say 10 students from Cornell were admitted to Duke Law. About half got in with numbers close to the average for Duke (so LSAT scores around a 169). The others, however, were aiming higher and only applying to Duke as a safety. These students each had a 173 LSAT. The mean for admitted students comes out, then, as a 171. Does this mean that the average student applying from Cornell needs to have a 171 to get into Duke? Of course not-- students probably should have somewhere around a 168/169. Duke just happened to admit 5 very qualified students from Cornell.</p>
<p>And it works in reverse as well. Say 10 Yale students were admitted to Harvard Law. 7 had LSATs around Harvard’s mean-- let’s say a 172. But 3 had something very special about them not reflected in their numbers, and were accepted with a 167. The mean LSAT works out to a 170.5. But does this mean that the average Yale student can get in with a 170ish score? Probably not.</p>
<p>And, as noted in the Berkeley link above, there is indeed quite some variation in means from each sending school from year to year.</p>